ADVOCACY
THREATENED: Avalon Regal Theater is Stable, but Needs Significant Funding Support To Continue Restoration Efforts
"When Jerald Gary unlocks the doors of the theater now called the Avalon Regal, he enters a wonderland, almost a museum, from another age...
WIN: Preservation-Sensitive Adaptive Reuse of The Jewel Laundry Building
The adaptive reuse process of "The Jewel Laundry” Building located at 1730 W. Greenleaf Avenue has been in motion since 2017. The plans required...
WIN: On the 150th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire which began on October 8, 1871…
During the Great Chicago Fire, roughly 3.3 square miles of Chicago were destroyed, approximately 300 people lost their lives, 17,450 buildings were destroyed and...
WIN: Vintage Anixter Loft Building to Be Converted Into 136 Apartments
"A team of real estate developers that recently converted an old industrial building into apartments next to the planned Lincoln Yards campus on the...
WIN: After Year of Advocacy, Seth Warner House To Become Designated Chicago Landmark
"A house in the Austin neighborhood built by a Chicagoan who, prior to the Civil War, hosted anti-slavery meetings in his downtown performance hall...
WIN: Preservation Chicago Formally Suggests Seven Significant Historic Places for Chicago Landmark Designation
"Proposals to list Altgeld Gardens, the Ramova Theatre and the Elijah Muhammad house on the National Register of Historic Places cleared a key committee...
WIN: Guinness Chicago Taproom to Renovate Fulton Market Vintage Industrial Building
"The bottle is out of the six pack. Guinness has tapped the West Loop to be the home of its second U.S. brewery."Guinness Chicago...
OP-ED: A Jackson Park landmark was destroyed — is the South Shore Nature Area next? (Chicago 7 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021)
"Earlier this month, the Women’s Garden on the Midway at Jackson Park was destroyed to make room for the Obama Presidential Center."For those of...
LOSS: Despite Being a Designated Chicago Landmark District, Rambler Building on Motor Row Demolished After Extreme Neglect
Prior to its emergency demolition, the Rambler Automobile Co. Showroom was a contributing building in the Motor Row Historic Landmark District established in 2000....
WIN: Iconic Morton Salt Roof Sign Will Return As Part of Comprehensive Redevelopment
"If you glance east from the Kennedy Expressway near Goose Island this week, you might notice something missing."The old Morton Salt warehouse sign, long...

